"Phil James had the idea of creating a photographic version of the Rorschach ink blots whereby he could control what people would see within the shapes rather than the traditional method. Phil wasn't sure how they would translate so did some testing with different lighting and props until he was happy with the technique and mood of each group. He then created many different images of each subject and then brought everything into post production at Shadowplay to layer up into interesting patterns that would lend themselves to symmetry. We settled on a monochrome graduation, keeping it dark and inky - tipping our hat to the originals while taking the Rorschach style in a different direction."Description

Remarks:Phil James had the idea of creating a photographic version of the Rorschach ink blots whereby he could control what people would see within the shapes rather than the traditional method. Phil wasn't sure how they would translate so did some testing with different lighting and props until he was happy with the technique and mood of each group. He then created many different images of each subject and then brought everything into post production at Shadowplay to layer up into interesting patterns that would lend themselves to symmetry. We settled on a monochrome graduation, keeping it dark and inky - tipping our hat to the originals while taking the Rorschach style in a different direction.